—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov. 29, 1957 6 SPECIAL REPORT High Pork Production Per Man Possible Using New System By Bob Best 1 the principles of mass broiler 1 production and the open stable mg of livestock, is really no thing new. What is new about it is that these principles seem to apply to swine. The house, which measures 40 feet across by 36 feet deep, will accommodate 100 head of hogs And of the 36 foot depth, 14 feet is an open cement slab. This, at first thought, is pretty crowd ed, but these appears to'be suffi cient room even when the hogs are market Size. The house is designed for one man operation. On both sides are 16 hole self feeders and four float controlled waterers A six foot alleyway at the rear of. the building is provided as a storage and work area for the operator. The buildings are nothing elab orate. Of wood and concrete block construction, the esti mated cost, including all hard ware and appliances, is $1,752 The largest costs are for the blocks, aluminum roofing, self feeders and waterers 'The house is open to the south Twenty years ago, a pork pro ducer would have been consid ered foolish for attempting to raise market hogs under such conditions. The sanitation prob 'ems were too great, the hogs would g’t too hot m summer and the feed would be too difficult to handle Howei !°r many things have chanced in the nast 20 vears. In secticides now effectively destroy most disease carrying insects and parasites. Anti-biotics take care of those on the inside, and new wormers such as piperazine keen internal parasites under control. Another thing that has changed is that most farms now have wa In recent months a new meth od of raising pigs 'to market size under a system of restricted sipace and open housing has been adopted by about hail a dozen farmers in the County The plan, which is an adapta tion to hog raising or some of ♦* ti H k TT _ ... ** CONTROL CHICKWEED —in— i Alfalfa—Clover Strawberries —with CHLORO I.P.C. H For best results spray when;! H temperatures are from 40*-»* 1 60*. H ;♦ Apply 1 to 2 qts of OHLO-;; ~RO IP C with 30 50 gals, of g H water pei acre. J| E ** 2 Outstanding results have 2 § been obtained when above g g recommendations were fol- S H lowed. 2 g For More Information || § Contact — jJ ♦♦ ♦♦ 2 :: § H IP .41 111 ■■ *« ■ * •l| «• ♦« M ♦♦ Phone EX 2-2659 * Healthy Chicks Make Great Layers! * Catching The Measles? Monroe C. Babcock Probably not" How about upset stomach’ Mumps’ Chicken Pox Colds etc’ Why do they get all these diseases’ So they can live’in their environment They have to build immunity. Now how about coccidiosis? It’s not such a bad disease for chicks if they can catch it gradually while they are young and build their own immunity. At Babcock Poultry Farm we never treat for cocci No medicine in the mash, none in the drinking water, no antibiotics. Sure they get a little little cocci but what of it’ We think it’s better than ruining them as future layers by medication. But here’s the trick to it We use hot water heat which helps keep the floor dry. We feed scratch gram in the litter every after noon, day-old to maturity We allow 1 sq. ft. of floor space to eight weeks, 2 sq. ft after that. Gas and electric brooders are more conducive to cocci than coal and hot water. 250 chicks are plenty for any hover, even if the manufacturer says it will accommodate 1000 The manufacturer probably never heard of coccidiosis You raised nice pullets ed mashes. Why not again’ Jf you raise chicks under coal stoves or hot water heat, don’t let the fire go out, no matter how warm the weather, until they are 8 weeks old. Open the windows and let the heat keep the litter dry to prevent a sudden outbreak of cocci. A little heat is “strong prevention” against cocci. Babcock Bossies are in your future. Why not try them and enjoy their performance on your farm. You’re probably paying for the quality that Bessies offer you anyway, so why not order Bessies and see what they’ll do for you’ BABCOCK HATCHERY Lancaster County Branch Route 3F, Lititz, Pa. Phone MAdison 6-5872 Russell Mease Bob Decker Route 4 R. D. #1 Manheim, Pa Milford, New Jersey Phone MO-5 4705 Phone Milford 4-4909 Bqb S.V „N - , - s. - Si \ *■ <* \ 4- f W v. < /- i „ & c. THIS HOUSE IS DESIGNED to handle 50 head of market hogs. The large structure in the center is a 16 head capacity sell feeder. Automatic heated water fountains are also supplied. Aluminum roofing is ter systems Now in the summer a fine mist or spray can be iolayed over the concrete slab. Producers who have tried this say that hogs will he under this snray without minding the sun. Thus tha hogs are kept cool and (be spray also aids m keeping down insects and removes manure accumulations i Bu'lk feed handling bv blowers has removed the most backbreak ing job on the farm. The self feeders m the new set-urn w'U handle a ton of feed each. Al though this is not much when 100 hungry market barrows are working on it at free choice, re filling the feeder is just a mat fer of hooking on the blower hose But most important of all. iust how efficient is this type of feeding’ The proof hes in the feed cost per nound of gain. Trials have shown that on the average, a nound of gain can be nut on with 12 cents worth of fee'! JWr in Lancaster County, only ope batch of hoes have been mar keted under the system. The cost urn* pound of gain for theso was fa cents The operators said that the cost would have been lowered if he had not made some of the mistakes now corrected. One of these mistakes was that hogs were not nut on anti-ido. lies when moved to combat the stress of movement and a chance of feed Four hogs were lost this wav Another nractice recommended bv a ll| l users is that all pigs he vaccinated noon arrival on the farm noth modified vtrus and serum for oholera 'ctill another /procedure heme followed >s the Tiso of wormar and a eoUownn on the first appli cation The follo'Viin IS n°ceosanv *0 kdl any woras that pi'vht have been in the egg stave when ttye niag first wormed This nlap of Viocf nrndyyofinn was oryvnated with the Ralston p "nna rnmpany. Although nro duoers here are contracting hogs with fo°d dealers, this is not nart of the nlan suggested bv the eomnanv Anv of th a svsteyns o’ans and assistance offered bv f he eomnanv mav be obtained tw any independent swine pro dlioay ♦he contract? vary in scone from full dealer ownershin of the hoes to a guarantee of the fe»d cost ner mound of gain on the finished nroduct. World Corn Crop Big, Feed Grains Down Preliminary information avail able to the Foreign Agricultural Service indicated a 1957 world corn crop of about 6.4 billion bushels, a little less than the rec ord 6% billion bushel crop pro duced in 1956. World production of barley and oats in 1957 is now estimated at about 140 million short tons, about six per cent below the large 1956 harvest - ,’’ X " ~ " y * « * f s v s'* j'* * <. ‘ V v. t >Vf i * *V / >m'v',« : -Kt * *■% Breneman Herd Cow Produces 514 lb. Fat PETERBOROUGH, N H A registered Guernsey cow, Willow Bends Ellen, owned by John A. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■MBBaUßMßK ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■-■a--- m ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■«■■■' * <, * * * 5 ? I** ' *■ used to give greater heat reflection in the summer. The south end of the house is never closed, although the other sides are made wind proof. (LF Photo) telCBE^ BALER TWINE UNICO “PREMIUM” TWINE 231 Feet Per Pound UNICO “EXTRA - LENGTH” TWINE 257 Feet Per Pound UNICO “BLACK STALLION” TWINE 225 Feet Per Pound UNICO BALER TWINE Strength Uniformity Free Feeding Guaranteed Length Rodent Resistance EXTRA SAVINGS Before You Buy Check Our LOW December Prices ORDER TODAY! Lancaster—Manheim—New Holland—Quarryville „ ** X ■'« ft .f * f \ , f « *?; t i . 4 -y, V--* Breneman, Willow Street, has completed an official production record in the Herd Improvement Registry division of the American Guernsey Cattle Club. This record was for 9,190 lbs. of milk and 514 lbs of fat. Features Plus 4 i > * % 3 a * * i A ** *